Ethanol dates back to prehistory because it was used in early distilling and alcohol making processes. The first person to make pure ethanol was Johann Tobias Lowitz, and the chemical formula was founded by Nicolas-Theodor de Saussure. Then Archibald Scott Couper found it's structural formula 50 years later. It was synthetically made first in 1826 by Henry Hennel. After that it was used as lamp oil and in moonshine.
Names for Ethanol
Absolute alcohol
Drinking alcohol
Ethyl alcohol
Ethyl hydrate
Grain alcohol
Hydroxyethane
Where is it found?
Ethanol is one of the byproducts found in corn. Also found after fermentation of fruits by yeast breaking the fruits down.
How is it obtained?
Ethanol is manufactured from ethanol power plants from corn. Produced by fermenting sugars with yeast. The process of fermentation can be expressed like C6H12O6-->2(CH3)CH2OH+2(CO2)
Common Reactions
Can form esters with water when reacted with carboxolic acid.
It can combust when mixed with Oxygen into CO2 and H2O.
Can dehydrate into diethyl ether.
Uses
-Fuel and Energy
New studies now find that ethanol (extracted from corn) can be used to fuel America.
-Hand sanitizer
Ethanol poisoning danger when sanitizer is consumed.
-Alcoholic beverages
Found in all Alcoholic beverages (because it is alcohol).
When a beverage has 100 proof that means it has 50 % ethanol.
Ethanol
By: Paul
Information of Ethanol
Formula- C2H6O
IUPAC- Ethanol
Molar Mass- 46.07 g/mol
Density- 0.789 g/cm3 (20 °C)
Boiling Point- 78.4 C
Melting Point- -114.3 C
Properties
Background and Discovery
Ethanol dates back to prehistory because it was used in early distilling and alcohol making processes. The first person to make pure ethanol was Johann Tobias Lowitz, and the chemical formula was founded by Nicolas-Theodor de Saussure. Then Archibald Scott Couper found it's structural formula 50 years later. It was synthetically made first in 1826 by Henry Hennel. After that it was used as lamp oil and in moonshine.
Names for Ethanol
Absolute alcoholDrinking alcohol
Ethyl alcohol
Ethyl hydrate
Grain alcohol
Hydroxyethane
Where is it found?
Ethanol is one of the byproducts found in corn. Also found after fermentation of fruits by yeast breaking the fruits down.
How is it obtained?
Ethanol is manufactured from ethanol power plants from corn. Produced by fermenting sugars with yeast. The process of fermentation can be expressed like C6H12O6-->2(CH3)CH2OH+2(CO2)
Common Reactions
Can form esters with water when reacted with carboxolic acid.It can combust when mixed with Oxygen into CO2 and H2O.
Can dehydrate into diethyl ether.
Uses
-Fuel and Energy
New studies now find that ethanol (extracted from corn) can be used to fuel America.
-Hand sanitizer
Ethanol poisoning danger when sanitizer is consumed.
-Alcoholic beverages
Found in all Alcoholic beverages (because it is alcohol).
When a beverage has 100 proof that means it has 50 % ethanol.
Also found in
-Solvent
-Antiseptic
3-D Model
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References
1. Ethanol Wikipedia. 26 Oct 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol
2, Ethanol evworld.com 26 Oct 2010 http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1272
3. Ethanol Wikipedia. 26 Oct 2010 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ethanol-structure.svg
4. Ethanol ethanol.org 26 Oct 2010 http://www.ethanol.org/
5. Ethanol bizjournals.com 26 Oct 2010 http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2007/03/19/story1.html?jst=s_cn_hl
6. Ethanol extension.iastate.edu 26 Oct 2010 http://www.extension.iastate.edu/hamilton/news/childrenethanolhandsanitizers.htm